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This is an archived webpage for the Ports and Marine Forum.
Please click here for the newly formed Goods Movement Forum.
Forum Lead
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)
Perry Pandya |
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August 23, 3:00-4:00 pm
Call in Number
866-299-3188
Pass Code
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Materials
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Meetings and Events
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Philadelphia - May 10, 2005
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Baltimore- April 8,
2005
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Delaware- Indian River Marina Event -- May
10, 2005
Delaware Governor
Ruth Ann Minner, Jeffrey
Allen, President, Delaware Soybean Board, John
Hughes, Secretary, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and Michael
Scuse, Secretary, Delaware Department of Agriculture presented the Indian
River Marina, Indian
River Inlet - Rehoboth
Beach, Delaware as the first marina in the Mid-Atlantic region to offer a soy biodiesel
fuel blend and biobased products.
Made
from soybeans, soy biodiesel is a clean-burning alternative to diesel fuel that helps
improve air and water quality. For
more information, contact Melanie Rapp, Marketing Specialist, Delaware Department of
Agriculture/Delaware Soybean Board via e-mail or by phone at 302-698-4522 or 800-282-8685
(in Delaware).
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| Ports in the News |
| New Verification from EPA for Port Related NonRoad Equipment |
| Port of Baltimore Becomes First East Coast Port to Use eModal Trucker Check for Cargo Security |
New Clean Air Technology Tested at Sacramento Area Rail Yard
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Current Projects/ Activities
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There are two established subgroups currently meeting: A Port Subcommittee of the Philadelphia Diesel
Difference and the
Baltimore
Port.
In
addition, the Collaborative will be meeting with
Port
of
Richmond
and the
Port
of
Wilmington
in efforts to establish port sub-committees in
Virginia
and
Delaware
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Philadelphia
Regional
Port
Authority
Tour of Philadelphia Regional Port Authority – February 18, 2005.
Region
III convened a stakeholder meeting on May 10, 2005 with the City of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the Clean Air Council, Clean Cities,
the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, and 6 terminal operators. The meeting
revealed a challenge that EPA must overcome to implement voluntary reductions:
Regulatory agencies and non-profits need to nurture a relationship with terminal operators
and earn their trust.
EPA Region 3 office and U.S. EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards (OAQPS) evaluated the health and economic impact associated with diesel
particulate matter in the five county Philadelphia metropolitan area. This study
revealed that the Port of Philadelphia is a major source of diesel particulate matter,
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Port of
Baltimore
(POB)
- First East Coast Port to Use eModal Trucker Check for Cargo Security
Beginning April 1, the Port of Baltimore will become the first port on the East Coast to implement the eModal Trucker Check security system. Tracking companies wanting access to the Port of Baltimore must have registered their truck, truck driver and company information into the eModal system which will instantly validate a company's presence at the Port and either allow or deny it access. This will help truck traffic flow improvements and reduce idling at the Port. The software will be initially installed only at the Seagrit Marine Terminal, however, the Port Administration has plans to install it at the Dundalk Marine Terminal later this year. In addition a Private Sector Port Coalition is a growing group of private terminal owners, trucking companies and related businesses who have a stake in the successful operation and access to the Port is soliciting members (membership is free). This may be a group which the mid-Atlantic Diesel Collaboratives can partner with to encourage emission reduction technologies that also have an economic benefit to the Port and the invested companies.
- In
July, the POB will meet with EPA Region 3 in Philadelphia to discuss the draft proposed
strategy for future emission reduction projects.
- On
June 14, 2005 the Port of Baltimore will be having an internal meeting with Maryland
Department of Transportation on June 14th to discuss the different grant opportunities and
put together a strategy for future emission reduction projects. Their contractor has
been busy calculating diesel particulate matter emissions and researching various control
strategies including diesel oxidation catalysts and fuel cells.
- Meeting
to discuss potential emission reduction projects and grant opportunities – April
8, 2005 with the Maryland Port Administration, Maryland Department of Transportation,
Maryland Department of the Environment, and Maryland's environmental consultant.
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detailed emissions inventory conducted by the Maryland Department of the Environment shows
high sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx) and diesel particulate matter (PM)
emissions.
- The
POB voluntarily electrified 7 large Gantry Cranes that previously burned diesel fuel at
the Seagirt Terminal, resulting in a reduction of 155 tons/per/year NOx and 13
tons/per/year of volatile organic compounds (VOC).
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POB is looking into retrofitting their tug boats with diesel oxidation catalysts and
converting to biodiesel fuel
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New cruise ship terminal being constructed may provide opportunities for
electrification. (Such electrification has already been done in Alaska and the Port of
Seattle).
Tour of port operations December 9, 2004.
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Planned Future Activities
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Wilmington
and
Norfolk
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Region III plans to make contact in the near future with the
Port
of
Virginia
in
Norfolk
(Third largest container port in the
U.S.
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Port
of
Wilmington
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